point of no return
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The point of no return was 1915, when Duchamp, altogether rejecting art’s traditional role as aesthetic creation—metamorphosis—brought that snow shovel and hung it from his studio ceiling as “In Advance of the Broken Arm.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
At the microscopic level, the bridge allows information to pass across what appears to us as an event horizon – a point of no return.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
The campaign group also accused Dean of posting the message: "Indigenous Britain is slipping further into the abyss. We will soon reach the point of no return."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Speaking of which, as I write this, we are drifting toward what feels like a point of no return.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
He would not, in fact, feel anything special as he reached the critical radius, and could pass the point of no return without noticing it.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
